Nicky King
@NickyKingExe
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PFHEA, NTF, Professor of Natural Sciences Education at Exeter. All thoughts are my own. If you can't find me I'm probably on Dartmoor with the family.
Joined February 2020
The end of term is near, everyone is tired and feeling a bit frazzled so I asked our first years to tell me the best things about their time in Exeter so far. They queued up to tell us 🥰 #FeelGoodFriday
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We have an exciting set of new #undergraduate #physics courses for 2025 entry available as BSc or MPhys: ⚛️Physics ⚛️Physics with Astrophysics ⚛️Physics with Biophysics ⚛️Physics with Quantum Technology ⚛️Theoretical Physics See website for details - https://t.co/oNZjzeS6SS
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Happy to share that an article I wrote during the summer has been published in @timeshighered On practical strategies for supporting student engagement - from early tracking to compassionate intervention. https://t.co/dkIzvdtzmi
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Follow this educator's action plan to ensure students at risk of dropping out of their studies feel supported to get back on track
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IMPORTANT PLS SHARE. It's rumoured the English £9,250 tuition fee cap may be raised this pm for the 1st time in 8yrs, as University's finances are strained. As student finance misunderstandings abound, I've bashed out a few notes to help... 1. Higher tuition fees WON'T change
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ICYMI: Alison Etheridge, President of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, sets out the economic contribution of the discipline – and how the academy will work to shift the dial on the national attitude to maths https://t.co/97W9HH89FU
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Exciting News! TASO has selected @CanterburyCCUni, @uniofeastanglia, and @UniofExeter to evaluate student mental health interventions. @IpsosUK will independently evaluate. Learn more about the project and each intervention: https://t.co/4HLn3Qarg3
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Really proud of the work we're doing @UniofExeter to do just this, putting specialist pastoral mentors in as core parts of departmental tutoring teams. An effective personal academic tutor system may require specialist academic support https://t.co/3OYuA4sFcC via @wonkhe
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Rachel Maxwell and Steve Briggs put the case for involving specialist staff in personal academic tutoring systems Rachel Maxwell and Steve Briggs put the case for involving specialist staff in...
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Great #universitychallenge win @UniofExeter, and great mining and minerals knowledge making @CambSchMines proud!
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Contradictory political agendas can lead to a tightrope walk between politics/regulation and the desire of most in HE to raise standards and support every student to achieve their potential and overcome structural barriers they may have experienced.
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We're rightly pushed to narrow awarding gaps but that could lead to more 1st class degrees, or do we downgrade other students in the name of equality? Is it possible that equality of access and opportunity might lead to more good outcomes? In fact is that not desirable?
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An important discussion of 'unexplained grade inflation'. If outcome is determined simply by intake grades, institution type and other fixed factors then why do all the hard work of teaching and assessment?
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Not my normal topic but genuinely one of the best things we've watched for years. Not just for the cricket but showing what it means to be a teenage boy, how hard growing up can be but also how much hope and potential there is in those boys and so many others.
Thanks for watching a special group of lads 💥 @kylehogg22
#fieldofdreams
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I'm sure it says something about me that I'm nearly as excited about receiving the final proofs of our soon to be published manuscript on student support, as I am about picking up my new car today. It's been an exciting day all round!
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Three days work to go before leave. Pretty much sums up my state at the moment, clinging on half asleep!
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Interested in teaching in the Natural Sciences? Maternity cover for the next academic year is needed in UoB LANS to deliver our core teaching and supervise projects! Perfect for those wishing to develop their interdisciplinary science pedagogy. @SocNatSci
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To teach and advise undergraduate, postgraduate or CPD students within own subject area (Natural Sciences) and within an established teaching programme, managed by a member of staff with ultimate...
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Mental reset for the end of another academic year and the last chance to get out without the children! A beautiful day out to Bleak House and Green Tor #dartmoor
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Really looking forward to this event later. Join us for some light relief from pouring over NSS results! From support to success https://t.co/XGZkmk1aMs via @wonkhe
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Effective academic support can set students on the path to success, provide them with the tools to flourish on their studies, and help them back on track
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This is the most important piece of work I've been involved with over many years @UniofExeter. I'm hugely proud of what we are doing, and we have a fabulous team.
NEW on Wonkhe: Leaders from six institutions working to transform their academic support provision reflect on what they are trying to achieve @wonkhe
https://t.co/NT9rohdrUw
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Appointing experts based on skills knowledge and experience not cronyism and buying favour. Vote earned already.
Sir Patrick Vallance KCB has been appointed Minister of State (Minister for Science) in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk.
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